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WHO ARE WE?

 

Ravelry and Flickr user names

 

These can be found in this thread

 

 

Members Blogs

 

- Knot Another Knitter - Gempud's blog.

- Pretty in Purple - Littlemissy's blog.

- Shunklies - Beansforyou's Journal

- Wool For Brains - Wool4Brains' blog.

- McKnitty - Glitterstar's blog

- Dainty Knitting Sticks - Littleblue's blog

 

 

Local Knitting & Crafts Groups

 

MONDAY

 

The Tidza Knit and Sip group - meeting regularly on the first Monday of every month @ 7.30pm in the Star Pub in Tideswell (the room on the left as you go in). Everyone welcome!

 

Sheffield Stitch n Bitch Group - Meets on Mondays 8-10 pm, weekly at the Benjamin Huntsman Wetherspoon's pub (next to John Lewis)

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TUESDAY

 

Robin Hood pub at Millhouses (Abbeydale Road)

Tuesday 7.30pm (Fortnightly) - See this thread for further details

 

 

Knitting Group at Stocksbridge Library

Tuesday 1.30 – 3 pm

For more information telephone 0114 273 4205.

Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road, Sheffield 36.

 

Hulleys coffee shop at Banner Cross on Tuesday evenings

 

Wentworth Textile Group - Every First Tuesday 11am - 4pm - The Mechanics Institute, Wentworth

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WEDNESDAY

 

Wool Baa - 7pm - 9.30pm, last Wednesday in the month (this is not set in stone and may occasionally change, see thread sticky)

 

John Lewis - evening, last Wednesday in the month

 

Sheffield Knitters Groups

11am - 1pm

Bar/Restaurant, 1st Floor, Premier Inn, Angel Street, Sheffield S3 8LN

Cost: Free

Materials provided: No

Contact: Cheryl on 07789 110280

Email: sheffieldknitters@gmail.com

 

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THURSDAY

 

Montgom Needlers - meets every Thurs 10am - 12pm at Montgomery Hall, Wath upon Dearne. All welcome £1.50 per session includes drink. Further info phone 01709 875969

 

 

S2 Knitting Circle - Every Thursday at 4pm.

 

There is just a nominal fee of £1 a session to cover wool.

 

Learn For Life Enterprise

241 - 243 London Road

Sheffield

S2 4NF

 

01142559080

hayley@learnforlifeenterprise.com

 

 

Crystal Peaks Knit n natter - every Thursday 10.00am - 12.00pm in the Art Space below Crystal Peaks Library.

contact Sue 0114 2470576

http://www.knitnnatter.co.uk

 

Beighton Knit n natter - every Thursday 10.00am - 12.00pm at the Lifestyle Centre, High Street, Beighton.

10.00am - 12.00pm

tel: Steph 0114 2132160

http://www.lifestylebeighton.com/index.html

 

 

Cocoa Lounge 462 Ecclesall Road - Last Thursday of the Month 7.30 - 10pm

 

 

Sheffield Knitters Groups

 

Thursdays 4.30 - 6.30pm (contact for timings as they are sometimes extended)

Venue: Bar/Restaurant, 1st Floor, Premier Inn, Angel Street, Sheffield S3 8LN

Cost: Free

Materials provided: No

Contact: Cheryl on 07789 110280

sheffieldknitters@gmail.com

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FRIDAY

 

Crafty Crafters

Darnall Library Darnall

Sheffield

Friday Mornings

Contact: Lisa or Ben 0114 2656918

 

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SATURDAY

 

Sheffield Knitting and Crochet Guild - First Saturday every month at 2 pm United Reform Church, Chapel Walk

 

Stocksbridge Knit & Chat, Downstairs room of Stocksbridge Library, Manchester Road, next to The Bridge Shop and opposite Look Local. Every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month 10am till noon

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General Interest

- About Crochet

- About Knitting

- Crochet Cabana

- Crochet Me Magazine

- Fluffa's Knitting Links

- For the Love of Yarn

- K9 Rescue Knitting Club

- KnitList

- KnitPro 2.0 - From Microrevolt. Translates images to knitting charts.

- Knitters' Review

- Knitting Bookmarks

- Let Me ExplaiKnit

- The Daily Knitter

- The Knitting and Crochet Guild

- UK Handknitting

- V&A Museum knitting collection.

- Wool Works

 

 

Help With Knitting & Crochet Problems

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- From YouTube.

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- From YouTube.

- Crochet Instructions - For Right-handers

- Crochet Instructions - For Left-handers

- Knitting Help

- Knitting at Knoon

- Knitting Tension/Gauge

- Helpful Hints

- Tips from Lucy Neatby

- Helpful way of working out yarn equivalents in old patterns

 

 

Tutorials - A list of photo-illustrated, step by step tutorials on specific knitting issues.

- Cables without a cable needle - From Wendy Knits.

- More cables without a cable needle - From Grumperina. NEW UPDATE April 5th.

- Casting On For Lace - From Eunny Jang. Part IV of the 'Majoring in Lace' series.

- Crab stitch edging

- How to Handle a Hank

- How to Make Custom Labels - From Grumperina.

- Short Row Heels - From Purlwise.

- Short Row Heels - From Misocrafty.

- Stitch Wrapping - From Nona Knits.

- Turkish Cast On - From Misocrafty.

- Yardage Calculator

 

 

 

Knitting Shops

 

Online Shops

- Beads Direct

- Clark Craft NEW UPDATE April 1st.

- Cucumber Patch

- DT Craft & Design.

- English Yarns

- Etsy - Everything Handmade

- Get Knitted

- Kangaroo

- KoolAidUK

- Laughing Hens

- McA Direct - Free delivery when your order is over £5.

- P&M Woolcraft

- Piece of Beauty - Hand-dyed sock yarn.

- Posh Yarn

- Shunklies Fiber Works - Beansforyou's online store.

- Simplywool.com

- Stash

- Texere Yarns

- Web Of Wool

- Wingham Wool Work

- Woodland Yarns - Free delivery.

- Woolforbrains Etsy shop

- Wooly Workshop

- Yarnsmith

 

Online Shops in The USA

- Blue Moon Fiber Arts

- NexStitch

- The Knitting Zone

 

 

In Sheffield and Surrounding Areas

- John Lewis, Barkers Pool, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 276 8511.

- Matthews, 58 Bellhouse Rd, Firth Park, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 243 8149.

- Patchwork Direct - Wesleyan House, Darley Dale, Derbyshire DE4 2HX Tel. 01629 734100

- Patchwork Garden - 630 Abbeydale Rd, Sheffield, S7 2BA. Tel: 0114 258 3763.

- The Wool Baa - 83 Junction Road, Sheffield, S11 8XA. Tel: 0114 266 6262.

- AtkinsonsThe Moor Precinct, Sheffield. Tel: 0114 276 8811 .

 

 

Knitting Magazines

- INKnitters

- Interweave Knits

- Interweave Crochet

- Knit.1

- Knit 'n Style

- Knitscene

- Knitter's Magazine

- Knitting

- Knit Today

- Rebecca

- Rowan Knitting and Crochet Magazine

- Simply Knitting

- Spin Off

- Vogue Knit Simple

- Vogue Knitting

- Yarn Forward

 

 

Yarn and Yarn-Related Companies

- Yarndex.

 

Links to the companies whose products are available in the UK.

- Adriafil

- Alchemy yarns

- Artesano Alpaca

- Artyarns

- Blue Sky Alpacas

- Brittany

- Brown Sheep

- Cascade Yarns

- Cherry Tree Hill Yarns

- Colinette

- Fiber Trends

- Fleece Artist

- Fyberspates

- GGH

- Handmaiden

- Jo Sharp

- Kaalund

- Lana Grossa

- Lantern Moon

- Lorna's Laces

- Louisa Harding

- Patons

- Rowan

- Sirdar

- South West Trading Company

- Wendy/Peter Pan/Robin Yarns (TB Ramsden & Co)

 

 

Knitting & Crochet Podcasts

All you ever wanted to know about Podcasts: No iPod Required

- BritKnitCast

- Cast-On

- CraftSanity

- CrochetCast

- FiberCast

- KnitCast

- Knitting News Cast

- KnitWit

- Lets Knit2gether - A video podcast for knitters.

- Lime & Violet

- Lixie Knits It

- Pointy Sticks

- Sticks and String

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Free Knitting & Crochet Patterns

 

Free Knitting Pattern Sites - Collections of all different sorts of free knitting patterns.

- The AntiCraft

- BellaOnline

- Berrocco

- Cascade Yarns

- Cat Bordhi

- Coats & Clark

- Crystal Palace Yarns

- The Daily Knitter

- Dreamweaver Yarns

- Free Knitting Patterns Web Ring

- Garnstudio Drops Design

- Knitomatic

- KnitPicks free pattern collection NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Knitting And...

- Knitting on the Net

- Knitting Pattern Central

- Knitty

- Lion Brand

- MagKnits

- Marnie MacLean

- Rebecca

- Wool Works

 

 

Bags

- Felted Skull Bag

 

 

Gloves and Wristwarmers

- Baby Nordic Mittens NEW UPDATE April 12th.

- Fetching

- Mrs Beeton

- Dashing

 

Hats

- Kody May Knits - Lots of free hat patterns.

- Last Minute Purled Beret

- Latiss Hat NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Le Slouch (PDF File)

- Kitty hat NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Little Devil Baby Hat

- Red Light Special

- We Call Them Pirates Hat (PDF File) NEW UPDATE April 9th.

 

 

Jumpers and Cardis

- Katia Twist Pullover NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Kepler

 

 

Scarves, Shawls and Wraps

- Ariel Scarf

- Besotted Scarf

- Clapotis

- Collection of Scarves, Shawls and Wraps - From Yarn Over. NEW UPDATE April 6th.

- Column of Leaves Scarf

- DNA Scarf

- Feather and Fan Shawl

- Fiery Dragon Scarf

- Irish Hiking Scarf

- Kiri Shawl - The pdf of this pattern is here.

- Little Leaf Scarf

- Luna Moth Shawl NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- My So-Called Scarf NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Oceanwind Knits

- Rectangular Shawl Collection - From Loves to Bike and Knit. NEW UPDATE April 6th.

- Seaman's Scarves NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Sun Ray Shawl

- Travelling Vines Scarf

- Wild Flower Shawl

 

 

Socks

- 602 free sock patterns

- Apple Harvest Socks

- Aran Braid Socks

- Basic Cables Socks - From Brainylady. NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Boogie Knits - A massive selection of free sock patterns.

- Bayerische Socks

- Cable Twist Socks (PDF File)

- Campfire Socks (PDF File)

- Clementine's Baltic Socks (PDF File)

- Elfine's socks (PDF File)

- Fraternal Twins - Baby socks.

- Generic Toe-Up Sock Pattern NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Gusset Heel Gansey Socks (PDF File)

- Horcrux Socks

- Jaywalker Socks

- Leyburn Socks (PDF File)

- Mirabella Socks (PDF File)

- New Year's Day Socks

- Poseidon Socks (PDF File)

- Pretty Comfy Socks NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Razor Shell Socks

- River Rapids Socks (PDF File).

- Spindle Socks

- Simple Trekking Socks

- Socks from Knitty

- Traveller Socks (PDF File)

- Wiggles - Baby socks.

- Zokni Socks (PDF File)

 

 

Other Knitting Patterns

- Cabled Coffee Cup Sweater

- Hot water bottle cosy (PDF File)

- Another hot water bottle cozy NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Kitty bed

- Knitted Kitty

- Pinwheel Baby Blanket

- Wooly the Ewe

 

 

Crochet Patterns

 

Free Crochet Pattern Sites - Collections of all different sorts of free crochet patterns.

- Afghans n More

- Bernat

- Berroco.

- Crochet Collection.

- Crochet Links

- Crochet Pattern Central

- Hook Me Up

- Lion Brand

 

 

Other Crochet Patterns

- Aerial the Pig

- Baby snow dragon NEW UPDATE April 9th.

- Crocheted Earrings

- Dreamcatcher

- Icicle the Polar Bear

- Pocket Animals

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Spinning and Dyeing

A new section of links on spinning and dyeing your own fibre.

 

Spinning

- The Joy of Handspinning

- Spinning for Absolute Beginners

- Spinning, Spindling and Fibre Tips

 

 

Dyeing

- Hand-dyeing yarn - New article from Spring '07 Knitty. NEW UPDATE March 24th.

- Dyeing with Kool-Aid

- Kool-Aid Dyeing

- How to dye wool and yarn

- Dyeing with Acid Dyes

- How to Hand-Paint Roving and Yarn

- Batch Dyeing Roving and Yarn

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Not sure if you had this

 

Sheffield Knitpickers

Meeting at Bears and Bungalows every first Thursday of the month 5 till 8pm.

 

and

 

CraftAngels

Friday Mornings 10-12pm, term time.

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